unfruitful trees

  • 11barren — bar•ren [[t]ˈbær ən[/t]] adj. 1) not producing or incapable of producing offspring; sterile 2) unproductive; unfruitful: barren land[/ex] 3) without capacity to interest or attract: a barren period in architecture[/ex] 4) bereft; lacking (usu.… …

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  • 12barren — /ˈbærən / (say baruhn) adjective 1. incapable of producing, or not producing, offspring; sterile. 2. unproductive; unfruitful: *a man from back country who had once worked a barren and hopeless holding that he had tried to milk with half a dozen… …

  • 13PROPHETS AND PROPHECY — This article is arranged according to the following outline: in the bible classifications nature of prophecy origin and function dreams divination pre classical prophets terminology group prophecy ecstasy group life of prophets role in society… …

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